Shaving-soap holder.



T. G. MORGAN.

SHAVING SOAP HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 9, 1912.

1,073,921. Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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THOMAS G. MORGAN, OF SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAVING-SOAP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TnoMAs G. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Shamokin, in the county of Northumber land and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Soap Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shaving soap holders, and it consists in the combiinitions, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which will take the place of the ordinary shaving stick soap, by providing a handle for the soap, thus n'iaking a more satisfactory device for distributing the soap on the face.

A fi'lrther object of my invention is to provide simple means for holding a piece of soap and for preventing movement there of in the holding device.

A further object of my invention is to provide a handle which may be quickly ap plied to the soap or removed therefrom.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the soap in the holder. F 2 is a horizontal section. through the soap holder. Fig. 3 is a verti cal section through the soap holder.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a cap 1 of any suitable material. I prefe ably make this cap of some light material such as celluloid. It is of such size as to admit a cylindrical piece of soap 2. The cap is perforated on its edge at l to admit the ends of a spring wire handle The ends 3 of the latter extend through the openings 1" into the soap for some distance so as to hold the soap firmly in the cap.

From the foregoing description of the parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. A piece of soap of the shape shown in the drawing is first Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1912.

Patented Sept. 23, .1 913.

Serial No. 714,239.

placed in the cap. The wire handle is then pressed together until the ends 8* register with the openings 1" when the handle is forced into the soap to the distance of three fourths of an inch or so. On releasing the spring handle, the ends tend to spread and this holds the soap firmly in position.

In the use of the soap, the handle may be grasped and the soap may be rubbed on the face in the usual manner.

The utility of the device is at once apparent. It is not necessary to raise the arm as far with the use of this device as with the ordinary shaving stick, since the handle may be held practically parallel with the face in the operation of rubbing on the soap. Furthernlore, in the use of the ordinary shaving stick, the hands must necessarily come in contact with the soap itself. In this device, the hands may be kept free of the soap, since the soap is out of the way of the fingers, which grasp the handle.

The ease with which the soap may be in serted or taken out of the holder is also an important feature. The soap is held firmly in the cap and is also prevented from rotating.

With this device, the soap may be used down to a very thin layer, whereas the ordinary shaving stick has to be thrown away before it is used up, since the lingers can no longer grasp the soap.

The device is very simple, consisting merely of the three parts, the soap, the cap and the removable handle.

I claim:

The combination with a cylindrical cake of soap, of a shallow cylindrical cap ar ranged to fit over one end of the soap, said cap being provided with a pair of perforations on one side, a handle comprising a loop of spring wire, the ends of the handle being arranged to enter through the perforations into the soap for retaining the latter in the cap.

THOMAS G. MORGAN.

lVitnesses:

O. L. Kms'rnn, J. L. CHARLES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

